Removable cover for bicycle handle-bars



(No Model.)

B; M. & R. F. SPAMER. v REMOVABLE COVER FOR BICYCLE HANDLE BARS.

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' UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIZA M. SPAMER' AND RICHARD F. SPAMER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

REMOVABLE COVER FOR BICYCLE HANDLE-BARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 571,025, dated November10, 1896. Application filed July 22, 1895. Serial No. 556,802. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ELIZA M. SPAMER and RICHARD F. SPAMER, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of the city of St. Louis, in the Stateof Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inRemovable Covers forBicycle Handle-Bars, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of our invention is to provide neat, serviceable, andhandsome covers for the handle-bars of bicyles and our inventionconsists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described and pointedout in the claims.

Figure I is a view looking at the under side of a handle-bar of abicycle provided with our cover. Fig. II is a front view showing part ofthe post-head of the wheel. Fig. III is a section taken on line III III,Fig. II. Fig. IV is a diagram illustrating the cover opened out andlooking at the inner side of it. Fig. V is an enlarged section taken online V V, Fig. IV.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the handle-bar of a bicyle, 2the handles, and 3 the handle-bar post. 4.- represents the cover,preferably of leather, to which our invention relates. This cover is cutout substantially in the shape of the handle-bar it is to cover, asshown in Fig. IV, and its edges are provided with a series of holes 5,preferably reinforced by eyelets 6, as shown in Fig. V. Each edge of theinner face of the cover is lined with a strip 7, through which theeyelets 6 pass. These strips are preferably composed of rubber or someequivalent material which will form a good frictional contact with themetallic handle-bar when the cover is applied, so as to avoid thepossibility of the cover twisting on the bar.

The cover has a flap or wing 8 at each side at its central part to forma sharp pendent tube 8 to embrace the post 3, as shown in Figs. II andIII, and these flaps or wings are provided with holes 9, that are alsopreferably reinforced by eyelets.

The cover is preferably secured to the handle-bar by ribbons or strings10, laced through the holes 5 and 9 and tied in bows 11 at the ends ofthe cover, thus forming a closely-fitting tube 4 extending over thepost-head and occupying the space between the handles.

By providing the cover with the wings or flaps 8, that embrace the post3, and by securing the flaps around the post, a provision is aifordedfor keeping the cover from moving longitudinally of the handle-bar. Weprefer to face the wings or flaps 8 with the facing 7, as shown in Fig.IV.

Our invention provides for a firm grip upon the handle-bar by the rider,adds to his case and comfort, provides a distinctive feature foridentifying the machine, as the covers may be made of differentmaterials, of different colors, and secured by different-coloredribbons, and the cover afiords a means of protecting the handle-bar whennew and for hiding the bar when it becomes old and worn.

lVe claim as our invention- 1. A removable cover for bicycle handlebars,comprising a body having its opposite edges provided with lacing-holes,and adapted to form a tube extending over the post-head for embracingthe handle-bars between the handles, and flaps having lacing-holes,located at opposite sides of the body, and adapted to form a shortpendent tube for embracing the post beneath the posthead and preventingthe longitudinal displacement of the cover; substantially as described.

2. A removable cover for bicycle handlebars comprising a body having itsopposite edges provided with frictional facing-strips and lacing-holes,and adapted to form a tube extending over the post-head for embracingthe handle-bars between thehandles and prevented from twisting on thehandle-bars by the contact of the facing-strips therewith, and

flaps provided with frictional facing-strips and lacing-holes, locatedon opposite sides of the body and adapted to form a short pendent tubefor embracing the post beneath the posthead and thus preventing thelongitudinal displacement of the cover and prevented from twisting onthe post by the contact of the facing-strips of the flaps therewith;substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the handle-post, post-head, handle-bars, andhandles of a bicycle; of a removable cover for the handlebars comprisinga body having its opposite edges provided with lacing-holes and formingfrom the short tube to the opposite ends of the cover; substantially asdescribed.

ELIZA M. SPAMER.

RICHARD F. SPAMER.

a tube extending over the post-head and embracing the handle-barsbetween the handles, flaps having lacing-holes, located at oppositesides of the body and forming a short pendent 5 tube embracing the postbeneath the post- In presence of head and preventing the longitudinaldisplacement of the cover, and lacings extending GEO. H. KNIGHT, E. S.KNIGHT.

